Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov5 November 1854
Menshikov attempts to break through the besieging troops. Loses 12,000 men compared to the British 3,300.
Russia · Warfare / Crimean War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Menshikov attempts to break through the besieging troops. Loses 12,000 men compared to the British 3,300.
Fails to break the Allied siege lines at Inkerman.
Commands a Russian column attacking the Allied positions during the battle of Inkerman.
Leads one of the principal Russian columns attacking British positions at Inkerman and is killed in the fighting.
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